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Book Synopsis Farthest North (Illustrated) by : Fridtjof Nansen
Download or read book Farthest North (Illustrated) written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-03-22 with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel north with the sea's drift. Experts said that such a ship couldn't be built and that the mission was tantamount to suicide. Farthest North, first published in 1897 to great popular acclaim, is the stirring, first-person account of the Fram and her historic voyage. Nansen tells of his expedition's struggle against snowdrifts, ice floes, polar bears, scurvy, gnawing hunger, and the seemingly endless polar night that transformed the Fram into a "cold prison of loneliness." Once it became clear that the Fram could drift no farther, Nansen and crew member Hjalmar Johansen set out on a harrowing fifteen-month sledge journey to reach their destination by foot, which required them to share a sleeping bag of rotting reindeer fur and to feed the weaker sled dogs to the stronger ones. In the end they traveled 146 miles farther north than any Westerner had gone before, representing the greatest single gain in polar exploration in four centuries.
Download or read book Farthest North written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nansen's "Fram" expedition was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east-west current of the Arctic Ocean. In the face of much discouragement from other polar explorers, in 1893, Nansen took his ship "Fram" to the New Siberian Islands in the eastern Arctic Ocean.
Download or read book Farthest North written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen
Book Synopsis Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North by : Dan Bar-el
Download or read book Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North written by Dan Bar-el and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duane the polar bear and the other animals of the very, very far north find their friendships deepening as they are challenged by the arrival of a contentious weasel and an unexpected departure.
Download or read book Farthest North written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September of 1893, Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and a crew manned the schooner Fram, intending to drift, frozen in the Arctic pack-ice, to the North Pole. When it became clear that they would miss the pole, Nansen and his companion Hjalmar Johansen struck off by themselves. Racing the shrinking pack-ice, they attempted, by dog-sled, to go "farthest north." They survived a winter in a moss hut eating walruses and polar bears, and the public assumed they were dead. In the spring of 1896, after three years of trekking, and having made it to within four degrees of the pole, they returned to safety. Nansen's narrative stands with the best writing on polar exploration.
Download or read book Farthest North written by Fridtjof Nansen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen
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Book Synopsis New York University and the City by : Thomas J. Frusciano
Download or read book New York University and the City written by Thomas J. Frusciano and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of one of America's premier private universities, from its beginnings in 1831, and within the context of the social, political, and economic history of New York City. Vividly illustrated with both historical and contemporary images, the relationship between university and city is examined through biographical portraits of the personalities who made contributions to both. 250 illustrations.
Book Synopsis Farthest North, Or the Life and Explorations of Lieut. James Booth Lockwood of the Greely Arctic Expedition (Illustrated Edition) by : Charles Lanman
Download or read book Farthest North, Or the Life and Explorations of Lieut. James Booth Lockwood of the Greely Arctic Expedition (Illustrated Edition) written by Charles Lanman and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lanman (1819-95) was an American author, government official, artist, librarian, and explorer. In addition to a number of books on his own travels and extensive explorations in the USA and neighbouring areas, he also wrote several biographical works including this account of the ill-fated Arctic explorer James B. Lockwood (1852-84) published in 1885.
Download or read book Farthest North written by Fridjtof Nansen and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2000-05-12 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1893 Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the sea's drift closer to the North Pole than anyone had ever gone before. Experts said such a ship couldn't be built and that the voyage was tantamount to suicide. This brilliant first-person account, originally published in 1897, marks the beginning of the modern age of exploration. Nansen vividly describes the dangerous voyage and his 15-month-long dash to the North Pole by sledge. An unforgettable tale and a must-read for any armchair explorer.
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Download or read book Kumak's House written by Michael Bania and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the edge of a great frozen river, Kumak and his family lived in their house by the willows. Though their house was warm and cozy, Kumak was not happy. His wife was not happy. His sons and daughters were not happy. His wife's mother was not happy. Too small, this house, said Kumak. I will go to see Aana Lulu. She will know what to do. Set in an Inupiat Eskimo village in the northwest Arctic, KUMAK'S HOUSE is a folktale that conveys a humorous lesson on life with Kumak as the foil. As Kumak treks again and again to elder Aana Lulu for advice, the book's charming illustrations incite laughter and introduce children to traditional Inupiat activities and animals of the Arctic.
Book Synopsis North Pole / South Pole by : Michael Bright
Download or read book North Pole / South Pole written by Michael Bright and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully-illustrated and with a fun and innovative flip-book format, the book provides the perfect way to explore and compare the extreme environments of the two Poles. Take a trip to the ends of the earth and discover the extreme environments of the North and South Poles. Find out which animals live where, what the weather and climate is like and the effect global warming is having. Beginning with the North Pole, the book introduces the geography and climate of the Arctic. Readers will discover how climate change is affecting sea ice and why multi-year ice is so important to walruses and polar bears. Find out what ice floes are and what lives under the ice. The many uses of the Arctic are explained, from the home it provides to whale hunters to the rocket and missile test sites it houses. And then flip the book over and you arrive in the South Pole... The famous race to reach the pole in 1911 is retold and readers will discover why the orca is the ultimate polar predator. The huge tabular icebergs, sub-glacial lakes, and ice chimneys of the Antarctic are brought to life in all their impressive glory, not to mention the sea spiders, 'death star' starfish and other undersea giants!
Book Synopsis North Carolina Civil War Monuments by : Douglas J. Butler
Download or read book North Carolina Civil War Monuments written by Douglas J. Butler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-05-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monuments honoring leaders and victorious armies have been raised throughout history. Following the American Civil War, however, this tradition expanded, and by the early twentieth century, the Confederate dead and surviving veterans, although defeated in battle, ranked among the world's most commemorated troops. This memorialization, described in North Carolina Civil War Monuments, evolved through a challenging and contentious process accomplished over decades. Prompted by the need to rebury wartime dead, memorialization, led by women, first expressed regional grief and mourning then expanded into a vital aspect of Southern memory. In North Carolina, 109 Civil War monuments--101 honoring Confederate troops and eight commemorating Union forces--were raised prior to the Civil War centennial. Photographs showcase each memorial while committee records, legal documents, and contemporaneous accounts are used to detail the difficult process through which these monuments were erected. Their design, location, and funding reflect not only the period's sculptural and cultural milieu but also reveal one state's evolving grief and the forging of public memory.
Book Synopsis Illustrated Catalogue of Books ... 1903-1904 ... by : A.C. McClurg & Co
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of Books ... 1903-1904 ... written by A.C. McClurg & Co and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Illustrated Catalogue of Books, Standard and Holiday by : McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of Books, Standard and Holiday written by McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
